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  1. 1. n. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. See Knop. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a circular rounded projection or protuberance Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a round handle Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. any thickened enlargement Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] Drant. Source: webster
  11. 11. See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turninga knob, without using a key. Source: adambom
  12. 12. n:100 n. a circular rounded projection or protuberance n. a round handle n. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger Source: ecdict

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